Sounding toy.



M. P., B, B. Fm A. S. EXLINE.

SOUNDIIIG TOY. APPLICATION mm) 512M217, 1908.

Emma Dec. M, 11909.

UNITED s' rA Es PATENT OFFICE.

MARCUS P. EXLINE, BEN'A BIRD EXLINE, AND ALBERT S. EXLINE, OF DALLAS,TEXAS.

SOUNIDING TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 14, 1909.

To all whom at may concern:

Be it known that we, MARCUS P. EXLINE, BENA Bum EXLINE, and ALBERT S.EXLINE, citizens of the United States, residing at Dallas, in the countyof Dallas and State of Texas, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Sounding Toys; and we do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

This invention relates to sounding toys, and has for an object toprovide a toy of the description embodying new and improved features ofconstruction, utility and economy.

In general the toy here represented is similar to the toy forming thesubject-matter of co-pending application Serial Number t50,2l8,'filedAugust 25, 1908, and has for a further object to provide improvedconstruction for accomplishing a similar purpose.

A further object of the invention is to provide new and improvedconstruction for the wind mill portion of the toy.

A further object of the invention is to provide improved constructionfor the pointed or engaging arm.

With these and other objects in view, the invention comprises certainnovel constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts, as will behereinafter fully describedand claimed.

In the drawings :F igure 1 is a view of the improved toy in frontelevation. Fig. 2 is a view of the toy in side elevation. Fig. 3

is-a view of the toy in rear elevation.v Fig.

4 is a view of the core or button of the improved toy in frontelevation. Fig. 5 is a view of the core or button in side elevation.Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the disk-engaging points and carryingmeans. Fig. 7

is an enlarged transverse sectional view through the disk showing theroughening formed as corrugations.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views.

Like co-pending application, No. 450,218, filed August 25, 1908, thepresent invention comprises a toy in the form of a wind mill whereby therotation of the mill under the action of the wind produces a sound bythe immaterial to the present invention.

bent as at 18 to form employment of pointed ends with a rotating ormoving roughened surface.

In the present invention the wind mill comprises a core or button 10journaled upon a handle 11 by means of a pin 1260 through a centralopening 13 of such button.

The button 10 is provided upon its periphery with a plurality ofspirally disposed slots 14 in practice preferably formed by a saw cut,the "button being also preferably composed of wood, although thematerial of such button and the manner of formation of such slots isWholly immaterial to the present invention. Within the slots 14., whichmay be of any desired number, a similar number of vanes or blades 15 aresecured, such vanes for the construction of the toy being preferablyconstructed of stiff, tough paper, although the material from which suchvanes are constructed is wholly The vanes are preferably curved somewhattransversely as indicated by shade lines in Fig. 1.

At the back of the button 10 and between such button and the handle 11 adisk 16 is secured in any approved manner as by being glued, nailed orotherwise secured to the button 10 and also preferably, though notnecessarily, secured to the rearward edges of the vanes 15. The disk 16is journaled to rotate upon the pin 12, the same as the button 10.

Secured to the handle 11 is a cross piece 17 preferably by means ofbeing-inserted through an opening in the handle 11 and pointedextremities 19, in engagement with the rearward roughened surface of thedisk 16. The cross piece is also provided with a handle member 20preferably in alinement with one of the extensions forming the points 19so that the cross piece 17 and the points 19 may be moved. Such movementmay be either by I moving the cross piece longitudinally and slidablythrough the handle 11 or may be 1 rotatably relative to the cross piece17. It will be noted that the extensions terminating in the points 19are not in parallelism but are angularly disposed relativeto each otherso that with the mill rotating in the direction indicated by the arrowin Fig. 3 the roughened disk 17 passes relative to the points in suchmanner that the points will not dig the material of the disk.

The disk 16 may be made of any approved material, checked, corrugated orroughened in any approved or convenient manner as,

constructed of fabric orfor book binding or other corrugated metal or infact any material having a roughened or corrugated surface forengagement by the pointed extremities 19. I

The employment of the roughened dlsk and the engaging points broadly aresimilar to the disclosure in co-pending application No. 450218, and fora like purpose, that is, when the mill is rotated by the action of thewind against the vane 15, the roughened disk 16 is rapidly rotated inengagement with the points 19- producing there y atmospheric vibrationswhich cause sound according to the rapidity of the rotation of the milland the consequent vibration produced thereby. By reason of theadjustability of the cross piece 17 and points 19 the points may bedlsposed at unequal distances from the handle 11 thereby causingdifferent tones as the corrugations will pass such points at unequalrates of speed.

Vith the disk 16 corrugated in one direction, as shown in Fig. 3, itisevident that a constant rotation of the mill will produce varyingvibrations as the points are brought into engagement with thecorrugations transversely or longitudinally or the varying degreesbetween such transverse or longitudi for instance, bein dmarlly employefabric, wire gauze,

nal engagement so that the sound produced by paral e1 corrugations is aconstant rise and fall of the tone.

\Vhat we claim is I 1. In a device of the class described, a handle, arotating member carried by the handle, a cross piece carried by thehandle, points carried by the cross piece in engagement with therotating member, and means to adjust the posit-ions of the points.

2. In a device of the class described, a handle, a rotating memberjournaled upon the handle, a roughened disk carried by the rotatingmember, a cross piece carried by the handle, oints carried by the crosspiece positioned or engagement with the roughened disk, and means tomove the cross piece and points relative to the handle.

3. In a device of the class described, a handle member, a rotatinroughened member carried by the hand e, and adjustable contact pointscarried by the handle in engagement with the roughened member.

1n testimony whereof we afiix Oursignatures in presence of twoWitnesses.

lVitnesses TIN. COLLIER, JOHN A. CAPLEN, Jr.

